Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-08
Animal Training.

EXPERIMENTS WITH HORSES, DOGS, PIGS AND ELE-
From the Pail Nall Gazette
People who go to the circus and see horses ele-
plants. monkeys and the like perform wonderful
tricks must often ask themselves how the animals
are taught to Go them. writer in the Eutin
having interviewed several Circus celebrities
undertakes TO satisfy their curiosity H. Loyal
who has been ring master Of the leading Paris
circus for &c years. supplies interesting nforn3-
contrary TO general belief is the laosJ stu1id
animal on earth. He has only one faculty-'Demory
You must teach him his exercises with tie
caTeSson and the lohg whip. Having forced them
into his head. you must use the short whip wien
he he issists and ,, give him carrot when
secret Of the trainer. The horse must be
rom II hve TO seven years old before that age he
Is 700 spirited after his muscles are rot elastic
enough. The first thing 10 do is to acclutom your
horse to :he ring, to make him round rpg,l-
larry, and then TO stop at given signal. To &c
colhpdsh this the animal is brought into the ring.
The trainer holds in his LEFT hand tet her. which
is passed into the cayeSSOn, kind or iron crescent
armed with sharp points fixed on the nose Of the
b0-se in his right hand he holds IL long whp re-
Einti the animal an assistant, with a stout short
WHIP IS posted The trainer calls on the horse 70
long whip, forces him to gallop round II he re-
FUSES the assistant Uses hi, Whip also; If he is
obet.ient. he Is rewarded with 4 carrot TO make
him stop short. the trainer cracks his long whip
again. While Tie assistant with his short WHIP
throws himself suddenly in front OF the animal,
and the result is obt1Ined" NJ. Loyal tells Us that
.'the horse has great objection to kneeling or
lying down at any moment. This feat is taught
ske ans q on t brasests placed la on his
trainer, who. by sudden Jerks or pulls as
he is moving makes him fan or kneel The
whip and carrot, ultimately performs them OF the
mere command OF the trainer. The horse is
taught TO dance TO music In tie same way With
the foot bracelets as regards the learned horse
who opens boxes and takes articles out of them
here is how the animal is trained TO DO it, 81 FIRST
then lead the horse to the box He smells the
carrot, lifts up the lid Of the box with his nose
and takes out the vegetable, which he is allowed
to eat. The next day, before letting the horse
free. show him handkerchief nun OF bran. lie
takes it and tries to eat it. then let him
loose. He runs TO the box, bt;-bitter deception
it is empty. The day after resume the exercise.
but thus time the horse finds the handkerchief
reward hiIa with carrot / decrease the amount
OF bran in the handkerchief every day, until in the
end put merely the handkerchief IL the box The
horse brings it to me and gets his carrot l then
reduce the size OF the carrot every day, until at
last give MN nothing: The horse continues to
ting the carrot"
With respect to dogs, NJ. Changeuy who Is now
| exhibiting troupe OF them al the Nouveau Argue
says their education is a work OF time and Da,,
thence. sometimes it takes two years. 81 Use
neither sugar nor whip he informs us. 81 take
my dog in my hands, talk 10 him. and try to make
him understand what lie is to do perform the
| tricks myself, and the dogs follow and initiate
me-" At present he is showing a carriage dog
which performs on the single wire. 81 viii tell
| you how taught him 10 become an eGuibrist
balanced to and fro The plank was gradually re-
| duced In width every day, and the movement ac-
ceerated- -, AZ !sngth toe plank dwindied down to
a narrow Slip: this was replaced by a long round
stick, and ultimately the dog found himself on the
| single wire." Strange to say, this dog is blind
NJ. Chanseux says scent is the great quality which
enables dogs to perform some tricks. For ex-
ample the poodles who play at domtnoes are
donlinoes which the dog has to play and the AMI.
nal, smelling them picks them out IRON the rest
TIE pig is said to be the most difficult animal
10 train. Tony Grice, the clown, does not believe
| in learned piss. They are TO be taught only by
got my young pig" he says 81 begin on the pin
ciple that shall optoin nothing from him without
d1h few days VARY h sga ood ia osr AND
| out what he likes best. As soon as have di,coy-
cred his Iayorite dish, deprive him OF 1t COM
chief pig am now performing with prefers beef
/ fat. l put a piece in my pocket 1 jump over
In this way re learns his exercises and gets his
TAT. decrease the piece OF fat every day and at
last give him nothing. Should he refuse TO work
thrash hin Till he does and, having completed
his psrfornances, I recompense him with his
gent and his education would be easy but Tor his
cumbersome weight, which forces the trainer to
| nave recourse To cruel means. Fer Instance to
make him raise and hold ont his foot an iron ling
With sharp points Is placed on IT, and being drawn
oy Iops the 2oin!s enter the flesh. The elephant
the air Till the pain ceases. After q few rcpeti-
tons ne remembers the PAIN and at the SIGHT or
the iron Raises his foot. HIS Instruction thanks
10 ms Intelligence, Is soon completed. Some ele-
p!iants are taught In less than fortnight to play
on q drum, work tricycle. and beg on their hind
/ legs.
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